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Mitropsis
Shell of Mitropsis paumotensis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Mitropsis
Pease, 1868
Type species
Mitropsis fusiformis Pease, 1868
Synonyms

Columbella (Mitropsis) Pease, 1868

Mitropsis is a monotypic genus of sea snails in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Species

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Synonym
  • Mitropsis fusiformis Pease, 1868: synonym of Mitropsis paumotensis (Tryon, 1883) (invalid: treated as a secondary homonym of Columbella fusiformis by Tryon, who established the replacement name Columbella paumotensis)

Distribution

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This marine species was found off the Tuamotu archipelago.

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